Water-scoop for locomotive-tenders.



A. BENNETT. WATER SGOQP FOB. LOGOMOTIVE TENDERS.

APPLICATION Mum MAY 26, 1903.

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WATER SCOOP FOR LOGQMOTIVE-TENDERS.

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UNITED STATES I ARTHUR BENNETT, OF RAQUETTE LAKE, NEW 'YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 26,

Patented Oct. 20, 1908. 1908. Serial No. 435,064.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BENNETT, a

citizen of Raquette Lake, in the county of Hamilton and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Water-Scoops for Locomotiveenders, of which the folowlng a specification. I

his invention relates to apparatus whereby locomotive tenders can be supplied with water from troughs arranged along the railroad without stopping the train, and it relates more particularly to a water scoop designed for use in connection with elevated troughs. The invention has for one of its objects to improve and simplify the construction and operatlon of apparatus of this character so as to be comparatively easy and Another object of theinvention is the provision of a locomotive tender having a duct mounted to swing outwardly from one side of the tender into cooperative relation with an elevated water trough for enabling the scoop of the duct to automatically enter the trough. to take up water therefrom, the duct being projected to operative position and restored to normal position by means operated by the fireman.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide means at the ends of the trough whereby the scoop can freely enter and leave the trough without attention on the part of the fireman or operator.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended h'ereto.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one of the embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a side view of a locomotive tender and Water trough showing the scoop in operative position therein, portions being broken away to illustrate details of construction. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the rear portion of the tender and one-extremity of the water trough. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of one extremity of the wa the United States, residing at ter trough. Fig. 5 is a detailed sectional view of the water scoop.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts through out the views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a locomotive tender for the locomotive B, the tender being of any approved construction and having a coal-receiving compartment 1 and a water-carrying compartment 2. In the top of the water compartment 2 is a rectangular opening 3 through which the water is supplied by the duct C. This duct is attached at one end to the side of the tender by hinges 4 so as to swing in a plane transverse to the tender from its normal position closing the opening 2 to the operative position with respect to the water-carrying trough D. WVhen the duct C is in closed position as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 2, its free end rests 011 a bracket or stop 5, and when the duct is in open position, it rests on the bottom of the recess 6 provided in the top of the tender. In the front wall of the duct is an inlet opening 7 in which is hingedly mounted, at 8 Fig. 5, a for wardly extending scoop 9 that is adapted to enter the trough and direct the water into the opening 5 as the locomotive is in motion, the inner end of the duct being open so that the water can pass into the tender through the opening 3.

The trough D is elevated to a suitable height and mounted on posts 10 and disposed parallel with the track over which the locomotive is passing. This trough is formed with a jacket 11 in which are steam or other heating pipes 12 whereby the water in the trough can be heated in winter, so as to prevent freezing of the water. At the ends of the trough are inclined guides 13 whereby the chute 9 can smoothly enter and leave the trough, and the extremities of the trough have outwardly and downwardly inclined surfaces 14 forming deflectors on which the scoop 9 rides in entering and leaving the trough, the deflectors terminating at a suitably low point to insure the engagement of the free edge of the scoop therewith as the locomotive approaches the trough.

The duct or water scooping device C is projected and retracted by the engineer, fireman, or other attendant, and for this purpose an o crating lever 15 is mounted in i the cab o' the locomotive or at any other suitable point, and connected with this lever are two cables or flexible elements 16 that ride over pulleys 17 on the tender and are connected with the device C. The elements are connected with the lever 15 at points 18 and 19 located at opposite sides of the fulcrum 20 so that movement of the lever in one direction will project the water-scooping device to the full line position, Fig. 2, while movement in the opposite direction will retract the device to the dotted line or normal position.

With an apparatus of this character, the tender can be easily and quickly replenished while the train is going at a high rate of speed, and the water scooping device freely enters and leaves the trough without perceptible shock.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the I claim is 1. The combination of a water trough'elevated above and at one side of a track, with a locomotive tender, a water scooping device mounted on the tender, and means for projecting the device into cooperative relation with the trough and for retracting said device.

2. The combination of a locomotive tender invention, what retracting the having an opening, a water scooping device normally closing the opening, and means for projecting the device from the side of the tender.

3. The combination of a locomotive tender, a water scooping device hingedly mounted on the tender to be projected from one side thereof, and means for projecting and said device.

4. The combination of a locomotive tender having an opening and a recess adjacent the opening, a water scooping device disposed in the recess when in projected position and arranged to discharge water into the opening, and means for projecting and retracting the device.

' 5. The combination of a tender, a duct hingedly mounted at one side thereof and adapted to swing in a plane transverse to the direction of travel, said duct having an opening in its front, and a scoop carried on the outer end of the duct and arranged to conduct water into the opening, with a water trough mounted above and at one side of the track into which the scoop is adapted to run.

6. The combination of a locomotive tender, a Water scooping device adapted to be projected laterally therefrom, separate flexible elements connected with the device, guiding means on the tender for the elements, and a lever connected with both elements and arranged to move the same simultaneously in opposite directions for projecting or retracting the said device.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR BENNETT.

\Vitnesses:

G. C. REARDON, FRANK D. CARLIN.

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